Ornamental hand bell



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' ORNAMENTAL HAND BELL Filed Dec. 12,1928

' support in the shape of a bell with which is.

Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED STATES ISABELLE w. soHMI'TaoF Los ANGELES,CALIFORNIA, asp ouis ,0. RUIP, or] BISBEE,

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' Application filed December 12, 1928. 'Serial mfszaeos. I i

of manufacture that is .not only pleasing to V the eye but is alsouseful in purpose.

It accordingly is an object of ourinvention to'provide a novel form ofdevice having a associated a standard bearing a handle, preferably inthe form of a doll bust, which bust has associated therewith a dress orflexible shield'for concealing the bell and standard, means, adjustable,if preferred, being also associated with said standard for adjusting thefullness of said dress or shield, said bust, also, being ornamented, ifdesired.

The above and further objects and advantages of our invention, as willhereinafter more fully appear, we attain by the construction describedin the specification and illustrated on the drawings, forming apart ofour' application.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which similarreference characters denote similar parts. In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a part sectional and part elevational view of our invention,

F 2 is a rear elevational view of Fig. 1, but showing the dress orshield omitted,

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view ofthe doll bust and preferredattaching or securing means, removed from the standard,

Fig. 4 is a part sectional and part elevational view of the standard,

Fig. 5 is a. plan view of the disk for adj usting the fullness of theshield,

Fig. 6 is an elevational view of the bell clapper,

Fig.7 is asimilar View of the bell support, Fig. 8 is a fragmentaryelevational view of a modified form of standard and disk, and Fig. 9 isa plan view of the disk shown in F ig. ,8.

.DeScribing our invention more in detail,

the bell support 2 is provided with a bell clapper or tongue 4 (Fig. 6)which is suspended-by suitable connection 6, to the screw eye Sadaptedto be, screwed. into the lower end ofthe "standard 10,1preferably madeof wood or other suitable material, said standard being provided with ascrew socket 12 (Fig. 4;) if preferred, forthereception of j the shankof thescrew eye 8. The standard 10 may be tapered as shown,

and has a tapered top po'rtionl l (Fig. 4) to receive the socket portion'16 of the bust 18,

which maybe ornamented or. embellishedwith a hat, bouquet or in anymanner preferred. a Thestandard' 10' is also provided with a hole, 18for the reception of the front fastening ,means 20 of, greater lengththan therear fastening means 22, so that said,

front fastening means may be passed through the hole 18, twistedtogetheriwith therear fastening means 22 and embedded in or placed in agroove in the standard 18, holes 24 being provided injthe socket portion16' for the reception of the fastening means,

which may be made of fiexiblewire, although. other suitable fasteningmeans may be used,

the connection being either permanent ordetachable, as preferred.

Suspended fromthe bust 18, which forms, the handle of the device, is ashield 26, which may be a flexible dress of ornamental design andassociated with the bust 18, in any manner desired, and constructed ofany preferred material, said shield formingan orna mental means forconcealing bothstandard and bell support, as well as any unsightlyfastening or securing means, and to lnsure that the shield is always inextended position,

a disk or other shield expanding means 28 is positioned between thestandard 10 and the bell 2, the hole 30 receiving the shank ofthe screweye 8.

' It may he sometimes desirable to adjust the fullness of the shield 26.For this purpose the standard 10 is provided with grooves 5, and thedisk 28 with projections 7 (Fig. 9) for moving in said grooves, thedisks 28' be.- ing thus capable of adjustment toward and away from thebell support 2 so that the full ness of the shield may be adjusted.

While we have thus described our inven tion with great particularity, itwillbe clear that the same may be modified throughout a Wide range. eaccordingly do not propose to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction shown and described, but reserve the right in practice tomake any and all modifications thereof that fall With-in the scope oftheappended claims. 7

We claim as our invention: V

1. An article of manufacture comprising a bell support, a'standardsecured'at one end to said support, a bust fitting over the other end ofsaid standard and forming a handle, means securing said bust to saidstandard, a standard and bell concealing means associated with saidbust, and means associated with said standard for holding said lastmeans out of contact With said bell support.

2. An article of manufacture comprising abell support, astanda'rdsecured at one endto said support, an ornamental handledetachably connected to the other endof said standard, an ornamentalshield secured to said handle for concealing said standard and support,and a disk detachably associated With said standard for holding saidshield away from said support.

"3. An article of manufacture comprising a bell support, a'sta-ndardsecured at oneend to said support, an ornamental handle connected 'tothe other end of said standard, a flexible shield for concealing saidstandard and said support, and adjustable means on said standard fordistending said shield.

4. A doll bell comprising in combination,

s a doll, a standard, flexible means having poitions' extendingtransversely through said standard for det achablyconnecting said dollto said standard, a bell connected to said standard, a dress for saiddoll, and means associated With said device for 'distending said dress.

In testimony whereof wehave signed our names to this specification.

ISABELLE W. 'SCHMITZ. LOUIS C. RUPP. i

